Synthesis and Characterization of Active Carbon-Titanium Dioxide Composite

摘要

Activated carbon was synthesized from Iraqi date palm seeds by physical and chemical activation technique under optimized growth conditions that allow the production of long,well aligned,high-quality activated carbon.Titanium dioxide nanoparticles were prepared using a sol gel method.The activated carbon/TiO2 composites were prepared using simple evaporation and a drying process.The structural,morphological and chemical properties of the prepared activated carbon,TiO2 and activated carbon/TiO2 composite were investigated by X-ray diffraction,Fourier transformed infrared and scanning electron microscope.The photocatalytic activity of activated carbon/TiO2 composite with 10 % of activated carbon was studied and compared with TiO2.The UV light photocatalytic activity was also evaluated by the photocatalytic degradation of phenol in an aqueous solution.